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Calls for additional temperature sensor for road gritting decisions in Inishowen

    There are calls on Donegal County Council to install an additional temperature sensor which is referred to in road gritting decisions to be installed in North Inishowen.    It follows a number of collisions in the peninsula believed to have been caused by black ice – one in December and most recently, the

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Taoiseach says political events overtook timeline for election

    A general election has been called for Saturday, the 8th of February. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar asked President Michael D Higgins to approve the dissolution of the 32nd Dáil this afternoon. It kick starts a three and a half week election campaign. Leo Varadkar previously said he wanted the election to be held in

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Major building project announced for Scoil Mhuire in Buncrana

  The Education Minister has announced a major building project for Scoil Mhuire in Buncrana. The school has been approved for three science labs with prep areas, two mainstream classrooms, two special education teaching rooms, a three class base for children with special education needs, a home economics room and a room for design and

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Marian Harkin to run as Independent in upcoming general election

Marian Harkin has declared that she will run as an independent candidate in the Sligo, Leitrim, South Donegal constituency in the general election. She was an independent TD in the constituency from 2002 to 2007, and an MEP from 2004 to 2019. The Sligo native didn’t stand in the last European elections. Ms. Harkin says

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Investigations continuing into discovery of grow house in Drumrooske

Investigations are continuing into the discovery of a grow house in the Drumrooske area on Friday last. A search as part of an ongoing operation by Gardai into the sale and supply of drugs in the Donegal Town area uncovered between 450 – 500 cannabis plants at varying stages of growth, with an estimated value

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Four people escape serious injury after their car overturns in Carrigans

Four people have escaped serious injury after the vehicle they were travelling in overturned in Carrigans in the early hours of this morning. Gardai attended the scene of the crash on the village’s main street and say the driver and three passengers were not badly injured. Motorists are again reminded to drive with caution particularly

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Failte Ireland hosting Visitor Experience Development Plan workshops in Inishowen

Fáilte Ireland is hosting a series of workshops in Inishowen later this month for local tourism businesses and members of tourism and community groups. The workshops will concentrate on gathering stories, ideas, and opportunities that could be used to boost tourism in the area with the findings then feeding into a Visitor Experience Development Plan,

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Man due in court charged in connection with Strabane taxi driver attack

An 18 year old is due to appear before Omagh Magistrates Court today in connection with an attack on a taxi driver in Strabane in the early hours of yesterday morning. The man has been charged with grievous bodily harm with intent, making off without payment and criminal damage. At around 1am yesterday morning the

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Gynaecological Clinical Services Review to be carried out at LUH

A review of Gynaecological Clinical Services at Letterkenny University Hospital is to take place in the coming weeks. Bristol based hospital consultant Dr Margaret MacMahon, a Letterkenny native called on the Health Minister in September last to order an immediate review into the diagnosis and treatment of gynaecological cancers at the hospital. Its after her

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Final price of NCH should have been agreed long in advance – MacSharry

The board overseeing the National Children’s Hospital project says they will ‘robustly defend’ extra contractor claims. Chairman Fred Barry told a meeting with Health Minister Simon Harris these costs represent the ‘biggest risk’ in the project. The minutes of the recent meeting have been released under the Freedom of Information Act. The hospital is set

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Cabinet meeting this morning to discuss date for upcoming election

What’s widely expected to be the final cabinet meeting of this current government will be held this morning. Leo Varadkar has said he wants to speak to his Ministers before announcing plans for a general election. Cabinet Ministers will arrive at government buildings this morning for an earlier than usual meeting, with it being brought

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Funding boost for development of sports campus at LYIT

A Sports Capital grant of almost €327,000 has been announced for the development of a sports campus project at Letterkenny Institute of Technology. The investment will see LYIT working hand in hand with Donegal County Council, Ladies Gaelic Football Association and Cricket Ireland to draw up a plan and assess how to bring the proposal

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Mc Conalogue urges government to publish Mica scheme immediately

With an election on the horizon, questions are now being asked about the Terms of reference for the Mica Redress Scheme, which have yet to be published. Donegal Deputy Charlie Mc Conalogue says this is not an issue that needs Dail approval, and he sees no reason why the document should not be published immediately……….

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Council publishes preferred route options for Ten-T improvements

Donegal County Council has published he preferred options for the TEN-T Priority Route Improvement Project. The document covers three sections of road, the Twin Towns By-Pass, the Letterkenny to Manorcunningham Road and the road from Manorcunningham to Lifford, linking with Strabane and the A5. Donegal County Council says the Option Selection Report, which details the

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Consultant says lack of Acute Stroke Unit at LUH is “an embarrassment”

A Consultant Geriatrician at Letterkenny University Hospital says if an Acute Stroke Unit is not approved and established in 2020, he will not remain at the hospital. Professor Ken Mulpeter says a unit had been approved before the flood of 2013, and again it was approved last year, but was sidelined because of what he

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Higher than average proportion of Donegal’s roads need repair

  Almost a fifth of the country’s network of regional roads is in need of major structural repair, with particular issues identified in Donegal. Thats according to a new report commissioned by the Department of Transport. It highlighted 19% of more than 13,000km of main non-national roads were classified as requiring “structural rehabilitation” while 0.5%

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Rob Heffernan announced as special guest for the 44th Donegal Sports Star Awards

  Irish race walking World champion and Olympic medallist Rob Heffernan has been announced as the special guest for the 44th Donegal Sports Star Awards due to be held on Friday 31st January at 7.00pm in the Mount Errigal Hotel. Rob joined Pauric Hilferty on the Sunday Sport to talk about the up and coming

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Finn Harps ‘surprised and disappointed’ at sport capital grant omission

Finn Harps have said they are ‘surprised and disappointed’ after being left out of a sport capital grant from the Large Scale Sports Infrastructure Fund. The €77.4m fund, which is to be allocated between 25 individual projects around the country, was announced on Friday by Minister for Sport Shane Ross. Over €1m was already spent

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